The Balance Between Preventing Fraud and Ensuring Participation: Attitudes Towards Voter Identification in New Mexico
This paper examines public opinion on the effectiveness and consequences of voter identification laws in New Mexico. In particular, it focuses on the attitudes central to the court reasoning in the 2008 Supreme Court case which upheld an Indiana photo-ID law, Crawford v. Marion County Election Board...
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| author | Alvarez, R. Michael Atkeson, Lonna Rae Hall, Thad E. Sinclair, J. Andrew |
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| description | This paper examines public opinion on the effectiveness and consequences of voter identification laws in New Mexico. In particular, it focuses on the attitudes central to the court reasoning in the 2008 Supreme Court case which upheld an Indiana photo-ID law, Crawford v. Marion County Election Board. Questions include whether or not voters think the ID laws protect against fraud and prevent legitimate participation, as well as which point of view voters find more compelling and whether or not attitudes towards voter identification are related to voter confidence. While most voters think that voter ID laws prevent fraud, many voters think that ensuring access to the polls is more important than preventing fraud. Among other variables that explain differences among individuals, partisanship plays an important role. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/966342019-04-11T14:06:51Z The Balance Between Preventing Fraud and Ensuring Participation: Attitudes Towards Voter Identification in New Mexico Alvarez, R. Michael Atkeson, Lonna Rae Hall, Thad E. Sinclair, J. Andrew New Mexico Voter identification Photo-ID Fraud Access Participation This paper examines public opinion on the effectiveness and consequences of voter identification laws in New Mexico. In particular, it focuses on the attitudes central to the court reasoning in the 2008 Supreme Court case which upheld an Indiana photo-ID law, Crawford v. Marion County Election Board. Questions include whether or not voters think the ID laws protect against fraud and prevent legitimate participation, as well as which point of view voters find more compelling and whether or not attitudes towards voter identification are related to voter confidence. While most voters think that voter ID laws prevent fraud, many voters think that ensuring access to the polls is more important than preventing fraud. Among other variables that explain differences among individuals, partisanship plays an important role. Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project 2015-04-16T13:43:01Z 2015-04-16T13:43:01Z 2011-07 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96634 en_US VTP Working Paper Series;106 application/pdf Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project |
| spellingShingle | New Mexico Voter identification Photo-ID Fraud Access Participation Alvarez, R. Michael Atkeson, Lonna Rae Hall, Thad E. Sinclair, J. Andrew The Balance Between Preventing Fraud and Ensuring Participation: Attitudes Towards Voter Identification in New Mexico |
| title | The Balance Between Preventing Fraud and Ensuring Participation: Attitudes Towards Voter Identification in New Mexico |
| title_full | The Balance Between Preventing Fraud and Ensuring Participation: Attitudes Towards Voter Identification in New Mexico |
| title_fullStr | The Balance Between Preventing Fraud and Ensuring Participation: Attitudes Towards Voter Identification in New Mexico |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Balance Between Preventing Fraud and Ensuring Participation: Attitudes Towards Voter Identification in New Mexico |
| title_short | The Balance Between Preventing Fraud and Ensuring Participation: Attitudes Towards Voter Identification in New Mexico |
| title_sort | balance between preventing fraud and ensuring participation attitudes towards voter identification in new mexico |
| topic | New Mexico Voter identification Photo-ID Fraud Access Participation |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96634 |
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